How to write a bad story from a good setting - learning from the first episode of the fourth season of Black Mirror is enough

Katlyn 2022-04-23 07:03:16

Could the script for the first episode of 'Black Mirror' Season 4 be any worse?

[How to save yourself when your consciousness is trapped in a world of Almighty God], such a great setting, the part that can be discussed is missing.

The content presented in the film is flat and shallow:

Under the extremely subversive power contrast between the cowards in real life and the omnipotence in the virtual world, the alienation of people only stays at the level of enslaving others to complete interstellar adventures;

The absolute trust between the copy of consciousness and the original consciousness (directly asking for help in real life) to the strong opposition between the copy of consciousness and the original consciousness (coercion of oneself in real life), this kind of abruptness of psychology before and after is obviously very inconsistent. ;

Not to mention how blunt the presentation of family affection is.

The interesting part that can be discussed is almost swallowed up by this mediocre story:

The ethics of the copy of consciousness, the cognition and reflection of consciousness on itself, the bond between the copy of consciousness and the original consciousness;

The alienation of absolute power to people - the distortion of desire to people, the fascination with power and the fear of losing power;

Under the enslavement of absolute power, human dignity, strength or weakness, mutual attack between people or because of fear and anxiety, or emotional connection with destiny...

All the wonderful and discussable parts are not seen in the play, only simple stacking can be seen...

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Extended Reading
  • Russel 2022-03-25 09:01:14

    The two episodes of Contrl Freak's mother and the electronic dating gun disguised as Jiayuan's virtual love test are quite boring. The electronic clone Star Trek is really the most interesting episode, and the black and white set of robot dogs gives people a PKD texture, which I like very much. But the Insurance Investigator episode, especially from eyewitness memory, shifts from one person to another, and is especially reminiscent of Blade Runner's (photo) mirror investigation - actually Scott's The studio has cooperated with Philip to shoot a series of short films called "Parallel Lines project", one of which recreates the story of "Blade Runner" "Investigation in the Mirror" - human eyes It's the window to the soul, right? It's also an investigation in the mirror, so I made up a story with a more Noir tone, which would probably be more interesting. The last episode of "Black Museum" has a Black Mirror universe, but the big boss of the salesman is really weak (in fact, shouldn't the big boss be designed as a Netflix dad).

  • Eliane 2021-12-27 08:01:51

    Since becoming an American drama, this drama has also gone down the altar! The six episodes of this season can give you the narrative pleasure that only the screenwriting skills can bring to you, and only the first episode has enough drama tension, and the second, third, and fifth episodes are almost impossible to see that this is "Black Mirror". At that time, the drama talked about the "side effects of technology". After watching it, it would make people think about it. For example, the prime minister's piggy back then, even the sixth episode of the finale is only at the level of the special Christmas episode of that year.

USS Callister quotes

  • Nanette Cole: This is a dream... It has to be.

    Walton: It's more like an eternal waking nightmare, from which there is no escape.

  • Robert Daly: I'm coming to get you!